TouchPoint: Assurance
Where can I find assurance amid the uncertainties of life? Can I be sure of anything?
Jeremiah 17:7-8
But blessed are those who trust in the Lord and have made the Lord their hope and confidence. They are like trees planted along a riverbank, with roots that reach deep into the water. Such trees are not bothered by the heat or worried by long months of drought. Their leaves stay green, and they never stop producing fruit.
One thing you can always be certain of is God’s love for you. When you go through hard times, it doesn’t mean that God has abandoned you. Rather, hard times allow God to reveal his infinite love and care for you. Assurance from other relationships is good at times, but God is the only one in whom you can trust completely without fear of disappointment. You can be assured that what he says is true and what he does is reliable. The world is filled with uncertainty, so why search for assurance in it? Assurance in this life comes from experiencing God’s love for you, which gives you security for today and for eternity.
Psalm 118:8-9
It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in people. It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in princes.
Psalm 20:7
Some nations boast of their chariots and horses, but we boast in the name of the Lord our God.
Psalm 146:3
Don’t put your confidence in powerful people; there is no help for you there.
Psalm 40:4
Oh, the joys of those who trust the Lord, who have no confidence in the proud or in those who worship idols.
Proverbs 25:19
Putting confidence in an unreliable person in times of trouble is like chewing with a broken tooth or walking on a lame foot.
1 Peter 1:21
Through Christ you have come to trust in God. And you have placed your faith and hope in God because he raised Christ from the dead and gave him great glory.
While it is good and necessary to trust others in our relationships, God is the only one in whom you can completely trust without fear of disappointment. You can be assured that what he says is true and what he does is reliable. People, who are not perfect, will sometimes fail you; God, who is perfect, will never fail you. The world is filled with uncertainty, but you can trust in God’s sure promises.
Hebrews 10:22
Let us go right into the presence of God with sincere hearts fully trusting him. For our guilty consciences have been sprinkled with Christ’s blood to make us clean, and our bodies have been washed with pure water.
John 6:37
However, those the Father has given me will come to me, and I will never reject them.
Ephesians 3:12
Because of Christ and our faith in him, we can now come boldly and confidently into God’s presence.
You can approach God knowing that he gladly welcomes you and will never reject you. God will never say, “Sorry, I don’t have time for you,” or “Sorry, don’t bother me.” You can be assured that God always listens, always hears, always loves, is always there.